abandoned child
silently
swept
along
a current
of callous human race
between shabby buildings
and filthy hotels
hovels of the needy
and the dispossessed
oblivious
now
soulless
empty eyes
unseeing
soiled
windswept streets
unfeeling
lost
emotions
unheeding sirens
heralding another night
of violence
and death
numb
ravished soul
of stolen youth
too weary
to care
Homeless
by Tony Channing Another Christmas is nealry upon us and the plight of the homeless doesn't get any easier.....let's not forget them
A December eve chilly and dark
She sits alone in a mall
Her dog asleep too weak to bark
Strumming her guitar to all
Shoppers laden with gifts walk past
She has no money to live
She’s treated as a lower caste
No one wants to give
A tear flows down her grubby cheek
A sigh, a shudder, a whimper
She holds her hand out feeble and weak
Smiles at each passer by’s simper
Church bells ring, a distant peal
Singers sing in refrain
Slowly she begins to kneel
And prays in the freezing rain
Street Child
abandoned child
silently
swept
along
a current
of callous human race
between shabby buildings
and filthy hotels
hovels of the needy
and the dispossessed
oblivious
now
soulless
empty eyes
unseeing
soiled
windswept streets
unfeeling
lost
emotions
unheeding sirens
heralding another night
of violence
and death
numb
ravished soul
of stolen youth
too weary
to care
© Copyright 2005 Regis Auffray
We found this poem about street kids on: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?AuthorID=9894&id=141894
by Tony Channing
Another Christmas is nealry upon us and the plight of the homeless doesn't get any easier.....let's not forget them
A December eve chilly and dark
She sits alone in a mall
Her dog asleep too weak to bark
Strumming her guitar to all
Shoppers laden with gifts walk past
She has no money to live
She’s treated as a lower caste
No one wants to give
A tear flows down her grubby cheek
A sigh, a shudder, a whimper
She holds her hand out feeble and weak
Smiles at each passer by’s simper
Church bells ring, a distant peal
Singers sing in refrain
Slowly she begins to kneel
And prays in the freezing rain
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